Wednesday, March 16, 2016

UEFA Champions League: Barca, Bayern Round Up Quarterfinal Field

The UEFA Champions League's Round of 16 concluded on Wednesday with two games.

At Barcelona, Spain:

Neymar (18'), Luis Suarez (65'), and Lionel Messi (88') each scored a goal as Barcelona downed visiting Arsenal 3-1 in game two and ousted the Gunners 5-1 on aggregate.  Here are the three goal scorers celebrating after Leo the Lion's tally.

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At Munich, Germany:

With goals from Robert Lewandowski (73') and Thomas Muller (90'+1), Bayern Munich erased a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 game-two regulation draw with visiting Juventus, squaring the two-game series at 4-4 on aggregate, forcing 30 minutes of overtime.  During the second overtime period, Thiago Alcantara (108', that's him celebrating after scoring) and Kingsley Coman (110') each delivered a goal as Bayern Munich took out The Old Lady 6-4 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinal round.

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